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Discourse Markers
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Discourse markers are a polysemous and multifunctional category of linguistic units used to structure discourse. The entry discusses theoretical approaches to discourse markers, as well as recent developments in literature on Slavic discourse markers.Discourse markers are linguistic units used to structure discourse (Schiffrin 1988). This heterogeneous category escapes easy definitions and has been traditionally ignored or marginalized within linguistic research until fairly recently, when a series of new, theoretically inn…
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2024-01-23
Face, Power, and Identity
(3,034 words)
While face has been conceptualized as a property of an individual, recent studies argue that face needs to be regarded as dynamically constituted in interaction between two or more individuals. Among the factors influencing the constitution of face, an important role is played by issues of societal power, which can be maintained or challenged interactionally. Similarly, identity is a concept that interacts with both face and power. This entry considers the concepts of face, facework, social power, and identity and their interplay in dyadic and multiparticipant settings.FaceFace h…
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2024-01-23
Politeness and Impoliteness
(3,694 words)
This entry provides an overview of the pragmatic concepts of politeness, impoliteness, and facework, with attention to the major theoretical frameworks (e.g., Brown and Levinson 1987) and their critiques. The entry then reviews recent im/politeness research using Slavic data and discusses important contributions by Slavic linguists, including theorizing cross-cultural differences in expressing directness and indirectness in the context of im/politeness, the intersection between speech acts and im/politeness, and im/politeness and mediated discourse.PolitenessPolite…
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2024-01-23
Computer-Mediated Communication
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The study of computer-mediated communication (CMC), or communication via computers, has been rapidly developing since the 1990s as the use of CMC became more ubiquitous. This entry reviews some of the trends in CMC research and discusses some aspects of CMC and language use, primarily in Russian, as an illustration.Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is communication between human beings through the use of a computer (Herring 1996; December 1997), including through such means as blogs, forums, chat, email, newsgroups, and social media. It…
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2024-01-23
